Edward frowned and was about to argue about being nice when she agreed to call him a jerk in front of everyone else. It wasn't his fault she caught him in an unusually good mood the two times they'd met.

"Good. everyone needs to know what kind of mean guy I am! They will be too scared to come close." The scary child shut his mouth when she took his hand and he twirled in a circle with her until she let go and he tumbled to the floor. He had a grin but immediately wiped it away when she looked in his direction. He leaned over to offer her hand to help her up. "At least yer not crying now, that's good. "It would only be a good thing for her to be crying if he was the one to cause it.

'Sure. we can do pirates. When I'm an adult I'll be like blackbeard. Everyone will be scared of me and I'll have a long dark beard and two big swords, and guns!" he said dreamily and rubbed at his bare chin. "Come on then, shall we go to the beach?" It wasn't safe to play in the water at night, but he trusted they'd both be careful. And a real tough guy ignored the warnings!